Cuff-fastener.



PATENTED AUG. 1, 1905.

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CHARLES W. BARNES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CUFF-FASTENER- cuff-fasteners such as are used tofasten the.

meetingedges of cuffs together and to fasten them to the shirt-sleeve.

The object of my invention is to produce a very simple device which can be easily applied to the buttonholes of a cuff and which can be easily disengaged, and, further, to provide means for conveniently fastening the cuff to the arm .or shirt-sleeve, so that the cuff can be adjusted up and down readily.

Another object of my invention is to produce a device which can be used simply as a means of fastening the cuff to the arm or which can at the same time be made to secure a the ordinary cuff-button against accidental displacement.

More specifically, my invention is intended to produce a fastening device which will readily enter a buttonhole and fasten the cuff and which is adapted to yield laterally upon pressure.

To these ends my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts'in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the invention as applied to a sleeve and cuff, these parts being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, but with the cuff in full lines. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of a cuff having a modification of the invention attached. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3, showing another elevation of the invention. Fig.5 is a detail of the cuff-button which can be used to advantage with the invention. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective viewof a modification of the device which is adapted for use in cufls which assume the shape generally given them by the use of cuff-links, and Fig. 7 is a detail sectional view showing the application of the lastnamed modification to the cuff.

The device is provided with side members 10, made, preferably, of spring-wire and di- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed JuIy Z, 1904. Serial No. 215,107.

Patented Aug. 1, 19,65.

verging slightly as they extend forward, these members having an outward bend, as shown atlO, to cause them to be acted on by the ring 16, as presently described, and at this point they are bent inward slightly and turned up to form the upwardly and outwardly diverging horns 11. the wire composing the device being again bent, as shown at 12, and

extended forward to form the loop 13, which is adapted to lie against the inner side of the cuff. The two wire members of each horn 11 are in the same plane, so that these horns may be easily passed through the buttonhole 14 of the cuff. The two buttonholes are made to overlap, as usual, and the horns 11 can be easily inserted through the buttonholes, as the spring members 10 readily yield for this purpose.

The inner end of the device has the members 10 turned over, as at 15, so as to engage the slide'ring 16, which is adapted-to slide back and forth on, the members 10 and which also has the wire composing it formed into a shank-17, having a terminal 18. to receive the elastic band 19, and the latter is adapted to extend around the arm, andso hold the whole affair in position. It will be seen that by adjusting the band or elastic 19 backward and forward the cuff can be made to stay in the desired position with relation to the band.

When it is desired to release the fastener from the cuff, the band 19 can be pulled down and the slide-ring 16 pushed forward along the members 10, thus compressing them and forcing the horns 11 toward each other, so that they can be easily slipped from the buttonholes 1 1, thus freeing'the cuff.

Obviously the particular form of bends shown can be departed from without affecting the principles of the invention, although I have shown the device in what I consider its best form.

In Figs. 3 and 4 I have shown how the device can be used in connection with the ordinary cuff-button or with a special cuff-button. In this case the members 10, after being formed into the horns 11, as described, are extended forward, twisted together to form I the shank 10", and then separated to form the terminal loop 10, which can be slipped on over the shank 20 of the cud-button 21, and thus the cuff is made doubly secure. The button 21 can be of any approved type and can have any form of shank; but the form described is well adapted for use in connection with my invention, as the shank has side bosses 22, which when turned into alinement with the buttonhole can be easily pushed through the cuff, but which when turned at right angles to the buttonhole, as in the drawings, securely hold the two cuff ends together. It will be seen that when the loop 10' engages the button-shank the cuffs are securely fastened at their inner and outer ends, and they are also secured, as above stated, to the sleeve of the shirt or the arm of the wearer.

Where it is desired to'have the cufls assume the somewhat flattened shape given them by cuff-links, the device shown in Figs. 6 and 7 can be used. Here a generally U shaped shank 23, which is formed of twisted wire, has at one end the relatively short diverging horns 24 and at the other end the wider horns 25. These pairs of horns may be slipped through opposing buttonholes of the end, as

in Fig. 7, the longer horns being next the arm to provide for the necessary spread of the end. With this form a tailpiece 17 a can be used, which is hooked to the shank 23 and which has an eye 18 to connect with the cord 19, as already described.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A cuff i:'astener comprising a spring liank portion having opposed turned-up butonhole-engaging horns thereon and a tail- 'ece loosely connected with the said shank,

said tailpiece having engaging means at its free end.

2. A emf-fastener comprising opposed spring members forming a shank, the said spring members being twisted together and formed at one end into a button-engaging loop, horns turned up from the said spring members and projecting at an angle thereto and oppositely from each other, a slide-ring movable on the said spring members, and a tailpiece secured to said spring members.

8. A cufi-fastener comprising opposed spring members, having oppositely-projecting buttonhole-engaging horns turned up therefrom, an extension from the said spring members merging into a button-engaging loop, and a tailpiece having one end provided with a slide-ring which moves on the said spring members.

4. A cuff fastener comprising a shank formed of opposed spring members, the said spring members having one end formed into a button-engaging loop and the other end turned up to form a hook, oppositely-extending horns turned up from the spring members and adapted to engage a buttonhole, and a slide-ring provided with a tailpiece, the said ring being arranged to move on the said spring members.

CHARLES W. BARNES.

Witnesses:

WM. H. CAMFIELD, W. B. HUTCHINSON. 

